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Heppner Gazette Times, Heppner, Oregon
Thursday, October 12, 1939
Heppner
Gazette Times
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Official Paper for Morrow County
Another Rodeo?
yNFORTUNATE it is that every
one could not have been pres
ent at Monday evening's Rodeo
meeting. We believe " they would
have seen, much better than we can
tell, the self-sacrificing interest of
president and directors that has
made staging of the show possible
in past years. Too many of us have
sat on the sidelines, taking it for
granted when everything clicked,
and have been prone to criticize
when something has gone wrone.
probably not realizing that at times
what amounted to heroic effort was
made by those in charge that the
snow came off at all.
A case in point is the Turtle walk
out at the midnight hour preceding
this year's Rodeo. Rodeo heads had
to make a big decision on the spur
of the moment. Thev sweat a lot of
blood in making the fine show that
was finally presented. Carpers didn't
help them any when the rumors
went forth that the show had gone
on the rocks. The carpers were
proven wrong. The show went on.
It would probably have paid out if
everyone had' put his shoulder to
the wheel. The carping didn't do
gate receipts any good.
Heppner's good show in years past
hasn't just happened. It has taken
months of planning and almost con
stant attention of those in charge
for many weeks to make it possible.
.Those men who have shouldered the
burden are entitled to gratitude far
more than they have received.
Now several of these men have an
nounced intention to retire. There
may be others who can carry on
equally well, but a smooth-functioning
organization is not going to be
perfected haphazardly. President
Aiken recognizes that fact in delay
ing election of new directors for two
weeks to give everyone opportunity
to think it over and attend the next
meeting, the evening of October 23.
prepared to act intelligently for the
oest interests of the show and of the
community.
Welfare of the Rodeo is first in
the minds of the retiring officers.
They are willing to give new offi
cers such help as is possible from
their store of experience and to co
operate to the limit without havintr
to shoulder the burden as they
have borne it.
Heppner's Rodeo has become a
fixture. It is mentioned in show
publications, in magazines, and even
in house organs recent issue of
btandard Oil Bulletin so mentioned
it as one of the leading smaller
shows m the United States.
Heppner people have an obliga-
tion to keep this reputation of Re-
deo alive: an obligation to its found
ers, and to those who have labored
to keep it alive and growing. There
should be a packed house at the
23rd meeting. Like troupers, let's
say, The show must go on."
Let's Cooperate
A GAIN Heppner's firemen are
showing the esprit de corns that
many times endeared their organi
zation to the public heart. Thev are
voluntarily fighting to clean im fir
hazards to safeguard homes and bus
inesses and to help property hold
ers cut insurance costs.
Everyone should lend them a lis
tening ear and act. It is no idle ges
ture they are making. Thev realize
through hard work what devastating
eirect lire has when out of control.
And anyone who lived in Heppner
through 1918, the year of the two
big fires, should be able to recall
what Heppner has suffered from the
unleashed demon. Much of the ter
ritory burned over that year is just
now being rebuilt. Some lots are
still vacant where once houses and
buildings stood.
Fortunately the firemen have had
to use the large fire hose only once
since the first of the year. Cooper
ation of everyone in accomplishing
the aims of the firemen at this time,
in recognition of Fire Prevention
Week, may keep the slate clean for
the remainder of the vear. In doint?
what the firemen are asking, how
ever, property owners should keep
m mind that it is themselves, and
not the firemen, who are being ben-
etitted. The firemen are but taking
the lead in helping Drotertv own
ers help themselves.
,
Health Nurse Needed
EVERYONE has read of instances
wiiere men or immense wealth
sociation is asking an appropriation
of $500 from the county. Cost of the
service next year is being increased
from $100 to $125 a month.
Recitation of past accomplishments
of the nursing service is not needed
to justify what the association is
asking. Suffice, that one man's tes
timony revealed that the local pub
lic health nurse uncovered a ma
lignant illness in two of his chil
dren and resulted in needed treat
ment where treatment otherwise
might not have been obtained and
the illness might soon have reached
the incurable stage. He gave the
nurse credit for saving the lives of'
his children.
Without mentioning the hundreds
of cases where the nurse has caused
needed treatment to be received and
thus adding many happy days to
hundreds of lives, is it not enough,
if the nursing service saves one life,
to justify every dollar of cost?
Maybe there isn't much future to
being a football hero, but who
wouldn't like to be in the shoes of
Jay Grabeal, the Pendleton Jack
Rabbit, whose audicity has slain
every California SDortswriter from
Crescent City to the Mexican bor
der? And again, maybe we shouldn't
say it, except for having a certain
fondness in the heart for the Lemon
and Green, we simply love you, Jay,
for what you and the rest of those
mighty Oregons did to Southern Cal
and Stanford. Pacific coast's much
heralded football greats. Keep up
the good work.
RHEA CREEK NEWS
A demonstration of Dlanning ev
ery-day family meals will be held
at th T?ipa rrppk eranffe hall Wed
nesday, Oct. 18, from 1 to 4 o'clock
bv Miss Lucv Case, nutrition spe
cialist of extension service from
Oregon State college. A luncheon
will be prepared for the group dur
ing the demonstration. All ladies in
the adjoining communities are in
vited and please remember the date
Wednesday, Oct. 18, from 10 to
4 o'clock.
The Rhea Creek grange, at their
last meeting, voted to change their
meeting date from the first Sunday
in the month to the second Friday
night. So. Nov. 10, starting at 6
o'clock with a pot luck supper, will
be the next grange meeting.
Mrs. Henry Baker is visiting her
mother in Portland this week.
Guests from Portland this week
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committed suicide because of ill
health. With all their fortune in
wordly goods thev could not hnv
life's most precious possession,
health.
This is but an examrJe to snow
how impossible it is to measure
health in monetary values. But thpro
is another angle to the case. WW
one millionaire might commit sui
cide, over a period of years, there
are thousands of people so finan
cially situated as to be denied the
simplest medical care, which, if
given in time, would prevent their
filling inopportune graves, mayhap
often by self choice.
It is to reach this latter class that
public health agencies have been
set up all over the United States,
sponsoring public nursing service.
Morrow County Public Health as
sociation, now working to retain such
nursing service as Morrow emmtv
has enjoyed the last few years, is
one of many similar agencies the
country over, which have tie-ups
with state and national associations
to carry on the work more effect
ively. Those conducting the destinies of
the local association should have
the cooperation of everyone. And
especially should those making the
county budget lend a svmnathptir
ear. While offering $250 from its
own cotters toward providing six
months of nursing service, the as-
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end were Mr. and Mrs. Harold
Gaines who visited with Mrs. Gaines
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Claud Huston,
and Miss Velma Huston who visited
her parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Meisner of
Fossil spent Sunday with the Char
lie Beckets.
Misses Florence and Esther Berg
strom spent a few days this week in
Portland, visiting their sister, Mrs.
Chas. Long.
Lawrence Redding is reported to
be ill at his home in Eight Mile.
Visiting at the Joe Batty home this
week are Mr. and Mrs. Ray Aubrey
of Klamath Falls. Mrs. Aubrey and
Mrs. Batty are sisters.
.Dance
Rhea Creek
Grange Hall
Saturday,
Oct. 14
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